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Spray Painting Bases

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hvxenjoyer
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Anyone ever tried this themselves? Got some old armadas that im using for street and I wanna know how doable painting bases is. You just wax and scrape over the paint once its dry? Seen it done a few times in vids.
Dec 16 2021 10:58AM
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Gourd
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I’m no Dolan, I know next to nothing about bases, but I don’t imagine that would lead to very good sliding, they’d probably feel really sticky. But for street that might not matter as they’re gonna get beat anyways
Dec 16 2021 11:33AM
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animator
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Paint will prevent wax from penetrating the base so this sounds like a terrible idea
Dec 16 2021 1:59PM
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AaronO.
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1. uhh
2. why tho?
Dec 16 2021 2:10PM
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SofaKingSick
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just on the off chance that OP isn't kidding, or a reader doesn't realize it, this is a terrible horrible no good very bad plan and will not work
Dec 16 2021 2:35PM
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hvxenjoyer
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AaronO.1. uhh
2. why tho?


cuz ugly bases and im tryna be super core this christmas
Dec 16 2021 2:35PM
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hvxenjoyer
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SofaKingSickjust on the off chance that OP isn't kidding, or a reader doesn't realize it, this is a terrible horrible no good very bad plan and will not work


ill do it just for you
Dec 16 2021 2:36PM
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SofaKingSick
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hvxenjoyerill do it just for you


unfortunately i'm speaking from experience (not that you need to see it in real life to know it's a bad idea). we were spray painting our skis one day when i was like 13 and my genius friend did his bases as well. pretty sure those skis never slid again
Dec 16 2021 2:41PM
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deadhead420
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Bruh that sounds so cringe painting bases. Leave the paint to the topsheet
Dec 18 2021 1:38AM
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Slowbro
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Do it, you won't
Dec 18 2021 2:13AM
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Abomber22
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Got it!!
Spray paint em.
Then this.

**When you have sliding metal-on-metal parts, but can't use regular lubes because they attract dirt, this is the answer. It seems to get into the pores of the metal and make them naturally slippery. You can really feel a difference. It's also great for sliding plastic...**




DO IT,
Dec 19 2021 6:54AM
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anders_a
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you can dye the bases, better than spraypaint, still not awesome
Dec 19 2021 10:56AM
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Chunderface
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You can't wax paint man.
Dec 19 2021 12:43PM
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Abomber22
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No shit, Sherlock.
Jesifuck.
skeirmanYou can't wax paint man.


It's.......a ........joke.
Dec 19 2021 1:08PM
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Chunderface
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Abomber22No shit, Sherlock.
Jesifuck.


It's.......a ........joke.


ok oldstoke
Dec 19 2021 2:35PM
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Abomber22
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.bus...ted
skeirmanok oldstoke
Dec 19 2021 3:02PM
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HypeBeast
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Go read up on friction coefficients. No.
Dec 20 2021 9:14AM
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